Package-box.



PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

I. J. KUERT.

PACKAGE BOX.

APPLICIATION FILED DEO.18. 1907.

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IRA J. KUERTIOF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

PACKAGE-BOX.

Original application filed July 25, 1907, Serial Specification Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

No. 385,505. Divided and this application filed December 18, 1907.

Serial No. 407,059.

- new and useful Improvements in Package- Boxes, of which the following'is a specification.

My present invention, which generally relates to improvements inpaper boxes, is more especially ada ted for holding confections and other peris able articles, and it has for its ob'ect to provide a box of the character state of a simple and inexpensive nature, which is an air-tight seal box and with the r parts so designed-and combined that when the seal is broken the cover cannot be again utilized as a closure member, producing, as it were, a nonrefillable box.

This invention is adivisional part of my co-pending afpplication filed Jul 25, 1907, No. 385,505 or packing box, an it consists of anon-refillable box embodying the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 1n wh1 ch Flgure 1, is a perspectwe v1ew of my improved construction of box. Fig. 2, is a perspective view showin the ends of the paper covering before it is olded and gummed to the box ends. Fi 3, is a lon itudinal section of one end 0 the box ta en substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is a view illustrating the box top and the paper closure sheet attached thereto and showing its ends in the folding position.

In carrying out my present invention, I form the box portion proper 1 of card-board, stiff paper or other similar material, with the sides 1 and ends 1 glued or otherwise made fast to each other in any well knownmanner, and preferably rectangular shape, as clearly shown in the drawin The cover of the iox 1 consists of a flat piece 2 of card-board, heavy paper, veneer or other desired material, and has'the contour of the top edge of the box and is made slightly wider and longer than the said box so its sides 2* and ends 2 lap over the sides and ends of the box body proper whereby to produce rojecting edges 20, the reason for which wi be presently explained.

The other part of the box is a covering 3 of a light paper of such length and width that it is adapted to be folded over the sides and roper, to which, thereof, is glued t e cover member e outer ends of the said paper coverends of the box member 1 centrall 2, and tfi ing3 are ummed, as at 32. v v

n app ying the cover to the box-the opposite edges are folded over the sides ofvthe box and glued to said sides near the lower end thereof, and after the ends of the cover 3 have been thus attached to the sides of the box, the other portions of the said covering are bent over the ends of the box to form the coverin flaps 31 and then folded to form the triangu ar folds 33 which are folded over the flap 31 and over each other, the said folded portions having gummed surfaces for securely pasting them upon the endflaps and the ends of the box 1 proper.

By covering the aste-bo'ard box in the manner shown and escribed, a perfect airtight box is rovided, the contents of which cannot be 0 tained without positively destroying the box and preventing re-use.

, To make it convenient for breaking the seal of the box and at the same time mutilating the aper covering, a cord 5 is placed around t e sides and ends of the box under the edges 20 of the top- 2 before the paper covering is folded thereover and glued, and the ends 50 of the cord are extended and glued between the lap end folds that form the end coverings, as clearly shown in the draw- 1n 3y constructing a box in the manner shown and described, it is manifest that after the box has been filled, the to can be readily fitted over the top edges of tl fe said box and by reason of its slightly greater width and length it. cannot slip-down into the said box.

In practice, I find it advantageous to glue the top 2' onto the paper. sheet 3 that forms the outer water tight cover or seal for the box, since by making the said sheet 3 fast to the cover 2 the operation of folding the outer cover 3 over the sides and ends of the box is materially facilitated, it being understood that the cord 5 is placed around the box after the lid -2 is fitted thereon and just before folding the paper cover around the box.

The paper sheet or covering may have suitable ornamentation, advertisements or other desired matter printed thereon.

Inmy construction of box the cover after having been once oplened, is absolutely destroyed and hence t e box is rendered useless for its original purpose, that of holding glued to the to a particularl brand of confection or merchandise under seal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A packing box consisting of a pasteboard body, and a cover, said cover having the shapeof the body and of a size so its edges lap over the bod a single pa er strip an having suc shape whereby when fo ded to form pendent sides and ends for lapping over the cover, the ends being lapped and glued to each other, and a cord disposed around the box under the projecting edges of the top and having its ends glued between the lapped ends of the outer strip, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

2. A packing box comprising a body portion, and a cover consisting of a aste board top and paper sides and ends fol ed to shape to slip over the box body, the said sides and ends having their lower edges gummed on the inner side, the ends being la ped over to form triangular folds, as set forth.

3. A acking box, comprising a body portion an a cover consisting of a paste-board member of such size that its sides and ends overlap the top edges of the body portion, a single sheet of paper attached to the top and folded toshape to form pendent sides and ends, the said endent sides and ends having their lower e ges gummed whereby to adhere to the box portion when slipped thereover for the purposes specified.

4. A packing box, comprising a pasteboard body, a cover of slightly greater width and length than the said body, a sin le paper strip glued to the said top and folde to form pendent sides and ends, the other edges of the said sides and ends being glued, the end portions being bent upon each other to form triangular folds or flaps, a cord that extends around the box under the over-lapping edges of the cover and whose ends are secured within the triangular end folds, substantially as shown.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a paste-board box which comprises a rectangular body portion, a paste-board closure member for the said top, a single sheet of paper glued to said top whose outer portions are folded to form pendent ends and side members, the inner edges of the said pendent ends and side members being glued and gummed for sticking to the sides and ends of the box when slipped there-over, substantially as shown an described.

' IRA J. KUERT. Witnesses:

T. -J. DALEY,

J A. PoMnRoY. 

